S.P. Sullivan/NJ.comJ. Fletcher Creamer, the chairman of the Bergen County Law Enforcement Consolidation Task Force, speaks with reporters alongside Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan in this April file photo.

The board will have the opportunity to question employees of Guidepost Solutions, which produced a 196-page report on consolidation in May 2011. It found that eliminating the county police would result in an annual savings of $17.7 million.
Guidepost, which was hired by the county prosecutor's office to produce the report, was paid a total of $623,000 for its work, according to the Record.

After the report was released, the county formed its own Law Enforcement Consolidation Task Force to probe the ramifications of consolidation, eventually reaching a very different conclusion.

County Prosecutor John Molinelli first called for public hearings on the reports in April. Board of Freedholders Chairman John Mitchell has since announced his intention to hold at least one meeting to examine the merits of both reports, with more to be scheduled if necessary.